Loews Corp. is a holding company whose portfolio includes entities focused on insurance, offshore drilling, natural gas exploration, and lodging. Its hotel subsidiary includes Universal Orlando's three hotels: the Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Hard Rock Hotel and Loews Portofino Bay Hotel. Its insurance subsidiary, CNA, has an office in Maitland that employed 572 workers in 2011. The company is based in New York.

2011 rank: 25

2010 rank: 39

Full-time employees in 2011: 2,323

Part-time employees in 2011: 740

Total employees in 2011: 3,063

Total employees in 2010: 2,300

Footnote: *Loews: Includes seasonal and on-call hotel workers; 2010 total does not includes employees from CNA Insurance